Two years ago, despite use of multiple oralhypoglycemicagents, her glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) remained at 9.7% (12.9 The patient is an 88-year-old female with a 12-year history of type 2 diabetes. mmol/L) and her home glucose levels were in the mid-200 mg/dL (approximately 11.1 mmol/L) range. Her caretaker was educated on how to administer insulin glargine using a pen device. She was on 10 units of insulin glargine per day.

The study was conducted at 14 sites in India with 209 type 2 patients between 18 and 75 years of age with at least one year of use of oral anti-diabetes medications; subjects were randomized to receive either buccal insulin spray or injected human regular insulin before each major meal as an add-on to the patient''s current oralhypoglycemicagent.

The study, by researchers from the CDC, singles out 4 drugs and drug classes: warfarin, oral antiplatelet medications, insulins, and oralhypoglycemicagents. Two thirds involve just a handful of anticoagulants and diabetes medications according to a study. Alone or together, they account for 67% of emergency ADE hospitalizations of adults 65 years and older. Warfarin was implicated in 33%.

This can happen if someone takes insulin or oralhypoglycemicagents and doesn’t eat … Continue reading → by Nora Saul, M.S, L.D.N., C.D.E. Low blood sugar occurs when there is too much insulin for the amount of glucose in the blood stream.

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